Our Co-VP Pat Goebel has information on the February 2014 meeting of the Williams County Genealogical Society and a sneak-peek of what's happening in March. Here's Pat's report:
The February meeting of the Williams County Genealogical
Society was held in the Harmon Room of the West Annex to the Bryan Public
Library. Members weathered the cold to join in watching a DVD about Samuel
Clemens. Samuel was born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. 4 years
later his family moved to Hannibal‚ Missouri‚ on the banks of the Mississippi
River. When Sam was 11‚ his father died.
Shortly thereafter he left school‚ having completed the
fifth grade‚ to work as a printer’s apprentice for a local newspaper. His job
was to arrange the type for each of the newspaper’s stories‚ allowing Sam to
read the news of the world while completing his work. At 18‚ Sam headed east to
New York City and Philadelphia‚ where he worked on several different newspapers
and found some success at writing articles. By 1857‚ he had returned home to
embark on a new career as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.
With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861‚ however‚ all
traffic along the river came to a halt‚ as did Sam’s pilot career. Sam joined a
volunteer Confederate unit called the Marion Rangers‚ but he quit after just
two weeks.
In search of a new career‚ Sam headed west in July of 1861‚
at the invitation of his brother‚ Orion‚ who had just been appointed Secretary
of the Nevada Territory.
Next month, the continuing story of Samuel Clemens, his
career, family will be shown. Come and join the members on March 10, 2014 at
6:30 pm in the Harmon Room, West Annex to the Bryan Public Library, Bryan, OH.
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